A graduate of Port Richmond High School, she worked as a cashier at the former Kresge’s store in Port Richmond.

She enjoyed summer vacations on Long Beach Island in New Jersey; making hook rugs, reading and cooking holiday meals for her family.

She also enjoyed attending the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Parade on Forest Avenue every year and rooting for the New York Mets and Giants.

Surviving are her former husband Larry Forbes; three sons, Todd Forbes, Dean Forbes and James Finnegan; two daughters, Shannon Forbes and Alice DuVal; a brother, Paul Wakeman; three sisters, Florence Rathburn, Theresa Tankard and Helen West; five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery, Oakwood.